Love…Light… Truth or Dare… Fashion… Life… Love…

'Love Light' - Illustration using ink and markers on vintage mixed media collage

 

Sometimes I just love life so much is it kind of annoying to others… I smile all the time… my life seems like it is floating… no matter how hard it gets… I find joy in everything.  It’s when I feel love bursting from my heart… and I know how ‘airy fairy’ it sounds… but it is how it feels.  I give thanks to all I have.  For even the things that frustrate me most remind me of how alive I am…

And when I feel this way I want to draw pretty dresses and share my thoughts and tell the world how the sun shines bright every day… if you let it… if you can find that few minutes to see the light… your every day will be joy…

'Truth or Dare' - Illustration using ink and markers on vintage mixed media collage

♥ For The Love ♥ Art Show

♥ For The Love ♥ Art Show by Sarah Crawford

I tell you I get so excited leading up to a showing of my artworks!  I start painting all through the night, I can’t sleep, my mind is racing a million miles an hour – and I also get anxious!  I inevitably try something new, then want to do a whole series of those new works, adding to the pressure, and generally forgetting the other works I need to finish.  Until a few days before that it, then I don’t sleep for a few days, wishing I had stayed focused on what I needed to do!  I wouldn’t change it (much!) because it allows me to come up with new ideas.  It would save a few tears I’m sure if I stayed within the boundaries, but where is the creative fun in that?

So what will you see at this show?  Of course there will be nudes, that goes without saying.  And fashion. There will be birds, dogs, maybe some fish.  Some famous faces and those aliens that seem to pop up everywhere.  There is even a special skateboard deck I have painted – a first for me.

My art shows are about sharing the passions in my life.  My passions have come for this show from your passions.  I see and hear you all with that special something or someone that lights up your soul.  Maybe it’s your pet, your dog, your best friend.  When you speak of him you do so with such passion.  He makes your life special.  It might be the music, the clothing – or just the love of the living of life.  But it lights up your life.

If you are on the Gold Coast on Sunday 5 December I would love for you to come along so you can see these artworks inspired by passion.  The show is from 3-6pm at littleBEANS on the Gold Coast Hwy at Nobby Beach.  A special place to me as it was the venue for my 1st ever solo show a few years ago.  And they continue to support me to this day.

The restaurant is open all day and is perfect for a Sunday afternoon drink!  Hope to see you there – You’ll see me doing something that lights up my life.

xo

www.sarahcrawford.com.au

 

A Moment of Feeling Restless

Sarah Crawford 'Restless' Digital Artwork

New beginnings, back to a place that feels so familiar, yet everything feels so different.  The wonder of change.  You can embrace it and make something so special.  The move has gone well.  The ocean is so close now I find myself feeling much more balanced in my mind, clearer than ever with my creations.  My hours are mostly taken up working for the gallery (not my own gallery for those who asked!), getting closer to the launch date on the Gold Coast.  I take a quick break now to have a coffee, share some thoughts -the beauty of free wi-fi when you order a coffee – when you are yet to organise your internet after a busy move – allows you to share those moments that you might have missed sharing.

So my image here – ‘Restless’ – I did this in a time when I was working for a company that I was not at all suited for. I was so restless – all I dreamed of every day, every waking moment was change.  If I am ever feeling that closed in feeling where I’m not being able to create, being able to be my happy self and share my happiness with others – I look at this image and it reminds me of how, no matter where you are, or how lost you might feel, there is always something exciting, rewarding and amazing around the corner.

The mornings I wake so early, look out the window to see the ocean.  Creating from so early, drawing mostly, framing works, gathering my pieces together.  Something so special about being able to see surfers from your home, in the water, catching the waves… and something so special about hearing the ocean all day, being in the water every day… I know when I am here I am balanced.  And I create my best art.

For all my Gold Coast friends please keep an eye on my page, I have a show coming up soon where you will be able to view my art and meet with me.  I look forward to sharing with you very soon.

Sarah xo

The World of Fashion… The World of Art

Sarah Crawford - NUDES - Conte on Paper

The image I found today from a submission when I started sharing my creations on the Gold Coast.  It was for a gallery.  Made me smile just now – reminded me of where I have been and how inspired I was at that moment I put this together.  How happy I was and how much I loved my life.  If I shut my eyes now I recall the same feeling I had back then – white light and a beautiful peace and inspiration in my soul.

The world of fashion had all but completely taken over my life since I moved to Byron Bay – I loved being back in the industry, the pace and urgency of everything after a few years kicking back, painting and making the most of the beaches on the Gold Coast.  Fashion gives me the drive to keep creating, always reminding me of how lucky I am.  How else over the years would I have been able to travel the world and get paid to shop?  To sift through magazines, watch catwalk shows, draw pictures and at times – cut and paste!  Oh it hasn’t all been as easy as it sounds.  Ten days shopping from morning to night, day after day, sleeping on planes, the boutiques and stores all blending into one.  I don’t remember the clothes mostly (okay so I do remember that time in Barcelona I didn’t buy the white leather boots and I still feel anxious I missed out!) but I do remember the food.  And that’s just the travel part.  The long hours at a computer, the frustration and at times the tears from frustration – it’s an addiction though and it always draws me back.  But it’s time I take a break, time to explore once more, and once again to be back on the Gold Coast.

So now I am onto the next phase, back into the art world – fully emerged in art, day in day out.  Not just on my creations, but on those of others.  Helping launch an exciting new gallery in Broadbeach.  I tell you I’ve been fortunate.  I work hard so some would say I make my own luck – but I think there are so many people who work hard – sometime of us are just plain lucky.  Sometimes I think it’s being able to see the opportunities and filter through those that are good and those where you will learn.

I always say I crave a simple life – I’ve had anything but.  My life is like a film.  I could write each day and tell you of the adventures, it does make for good reading – it’s finding the time in the middle of the film to stop, take a breathe and fill you in on all that is missed… So maybe it’s an erratic piece of writing, you’re never quite sure where it all fits together.  It doesn’t always have a beginning, it definitely doesn’t have a end…

A rambler if ever there was one.  Oh yes I’m the contradiction.  I’m the observer.  The gatherer of information.  The voyeur of life.  I’m always watching.  You might wonder, if my life is a film, what part do you play?  You might be a lead without even knowing – often in my thoughts and an inspiration in my dreams.  Even the extras are mixed up in a web of intrigue, at any moment jumping in for their moment…

How I Love the Aliens

these aliens are growing

more and more

at times they take over my creative world

the beginning of the beginning

 

aliens are everywhere